into each day...

i haven't been blogging as frequently as i have been. partially because i am all kinds of distracted with the new camera but also because there have been some challenges to deal with lately. since i'd really rather this be a happy place where people can come to be amused or entertained i have refrained from posting about the more shitty events in my life.

the training continues, the shooting continues, the writing however seems to be on a hiatus. i blame that soley on the shoulders of the 'fro' and by extension onto the poorboi. along with supplying me with a nikon camera body that quickly became like crack to me. the poorboi has also provided me with some links from which to gain information and/or knowledge about the art of photography. one of those links was to the site of jared polin at FroKnowsPhoto.com. the 'fro' has been posting videos and supplying information for about three years. there are tons of videos to watch and since photography is my new crack, i have been doing my level best to watch them which means there is little time for anything else.

i wanted to try hdr photography. an image that is composed of several exposures of the same shot providing a photo with a high dynamic range. for the most part the photos that i have seen in this style have been overly processed, in my opinion to the point where they cease to look like photos to me and look more like very high-end graphic novel imagery. but every now and then i will come across an image where the hdr is so subtle that the end image still looks like a real photo and that was my goal. i'd like to say that i achieved what i set out to do but i really can't say that i have. as i am still learning i am still making some mistakes during the initial shoot that i think were amplified by the time i got to the hdr portion of the exercise. but as they say you live and you learn.

the hdr images:

some other recent images:

until next time